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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 145 recorded years as a table

Clarissa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	110
1882	121
1883	151
1884	140
1885	83
1886	104
1887	116
1888	67
1889	112
1890	131
1891	97
1892	85
1893	85
1894	117
1895	94
1896	97
1897	94
1898	100
1899	99
1900	67
1901	138
1902	95
1903	80
1904	116
1905	51
1906	71
1907	88
1908	75
1909	92
1910	68
1911	86
1912	90
1913	61
1914	66
1915	69
1916	76
1917	80
1918	72
1919	70
1920	68
1921	63
1922	57
1923	56
1924	54
1925	56
1926	50
1927	52
1928	49
1929	50
1930	45
1931	51
1932	48
1933	49
1934	52
1935	44
1936	58
1937	39
1938	42
1939	55
1940	52
1941	50
1942	40
1943	44
1944	43
1945	41
1946	39
1947	55
1948	51
1949	51
1950	53
1951	56
1952	53
1953	71
1954	65
1955	81
1956	86
1957	89
1958	79
1959	89
1960	101
1961	117
1962	118
1963	110
1964	138
1965	113
1966	131
1967	131
1968	158
1969	164
1970	184
1971	197
1972	200
1973	208
1974	217
1975	259
1976	262
1977	228
1978	238
1979	263
1980	255
1981	314
1982	319
1983	372
1984	377
1985	368
1986	445
1987	401
1988	436
1989	412
1990	449
1991	485
1992	618
1993	594
1994	664
1995	683
1996	660
1997	628
1998	569
1999	550
2000	537
2001	529
2002	484
2003	442
2004	464
2005	399
2006	355
2007	335
2008	289
2009	272
2010	298
2011	272
2012	257
2013	226
2014	204
2015	229
2016	257
2017	250
2018	219
2019	225
2020	178
2021	169
2022	150
2023	130
2024	128
2025	132

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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Texas 2.1×
California 2.0×
Florida 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 212
Rank in 2025: #1,113
How rare: 1 in 7,581 girls
Since 1880: 40,484

Most popular in 1995, at 683 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 42% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	2.1×	134
California	2.0×	131
Florida	1.3×	45

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.